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3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. …
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; …
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? …
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)We have here, I. The solemn profession which God’s people make of faith and hope in God, Ps. 123:1 , 2 . Observe, 1. The title here given to God: O thou that dwellest in the heavens . Our Lord Jesus has taught us, in prayer, to have an eye to God as our Father in heaven ; not that he is confined there, but there especially he manifests his glory, as the King in his court. Heaven is a place of pros…
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